Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Guest Access

[Michael Griego]

At the moment, its pretty much up to the sponsor of the guest to get them that information, but, yes, the instructions themselves are published on a public web page. When the sponsor registers the account, the confirmation page displays a link to those web instructions, which are tailored to visitors, and invites the sponsor to email the link to his guest(s) before they arrive.

--Mike


On Mar 22, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Philippe Hanset wrote:

Michael,

How do you distribute the 802.1x material/instructions to visitors?
Any web interface at any point?

Philippe Hanset
University of Tennessee

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Michael Griego wrote:

We require 802.1x authentications for all users on our network.  As
such, I recently wrote an application that will allow a FTE

  The account is then autogenerated, loaded into our RADIUS servers

accounts all start with "guest-", and the users is allowed to pick an

password is autogenerated.

Currently, due to limitations in our equipment, they're stuck on the
same VLAN as the rest of our wireless users, however we expect to

though there is to, once they've authenticated, force each user to a
captive portal where they can acknowledge our AUP before continuing.

So far, the application seems to have been very well received.
Previously, a "sponsor" had to contact the help desk to have the MAC
address of the user(s) registered and get the user set up with the

that can be given to the guest ahead of time or printed for when

to open up our network to allow guest access.  :)

--Mike


Bennefield, Cully A. wrote:

staff/faculty member to request a guest 802.1x login for their guest(s). (FreeRADIUS), and we get an email notifying us of the new account. The up-to-8-character identifier for their users to make the login easy to remember, so the actual username ends up being "guest- identifier". The segregate these users once we get some upgraded hardware in place. The correct WEP key. Now, a "sponsor" can simply follow the directions to request an account, and no help desk or other outside human intervention is required. When the account is created, the "sponsor" is given a web link on how to properly configure the wireless settings for our network he/she/they arrives on campus. So, the only time the help desk or other personnel get involved is when there is a problem. And, we didn't have

We are exploring the possibility of offering guest wireless access and I would like to get a feel for how others might be handling it. Any and

all information and opinions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Cully

Cully Bennefield
Baylor University

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